{"id":21214,"date":"2025-01-14T01:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T01:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/?page_id=21214"},"modified":"2025-03-18T05:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:35:16","slug":"regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"block-1\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-sm u-sheet-1\">\n        <h2 class=\"u-text u-text-1\"> Regulations<\/h2>\n        <p class=\"u-text u-text-default-lg u-text-default-xl u-text-2\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/National%20Environment%20(Audit)%20Regulations%20S.I.%20No.%2047%20of%202020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-1\">National Environment (Audit) Regulation, 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/National%20Environment%20(Management%20of%20Ozone%20Depleting%20Substances%20&amp;%20Products)%20%20Regulations%20S.I.%20No.%2048%20of%202020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-2\">National Environment (Management of Ozone Depleting Substances &amp; Products) Regulations S.I. No. 48 of 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/National%20Environment%20(Waste%20Management)%20Regulations%20S.I.%20No.%2049%20of%202020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-3\">National Environment (Waste Management) Regulations S.I. No. 49 of 2020, 153-2<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/Petroleum%20(Waste%20Management)%20Regulations%20S.I.%20No.%203%20of%202019.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-4\">Petroleum (Waste Management) Regulations S.I. No. 3 of 2019<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/hilly_and_mountanous_areas_management_regulations.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-5\">National Environment (Mountanous and Hilly Areas_Management) Regulations 152-6<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/minimum_standards_for%20management_of_soil.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-6\">Minimum Standards for Management of Soil<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/noise_standards_and_control_regulations.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-7\">National Environment (Noise Standards and Control) Regulations<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/National-Environment-Environmental-and-Social-Assessment-Regulations-S.I.-No.-143-of-2020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-8\">National Environment (Environmental and Social Assessment) Regulations S.I. No. 143 of 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Guidelines-for-the-Management-of-Landfills-in-Uganda-December-2020-PDF.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-9\">Guidelines for the Management of Landfills in Uganda December 2020 PDF<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/National-Environment-Oil-Spill-Prevention-Preparedness-and-Response-Regulations-2020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-10\">National Environment (Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response) Regulations, 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/National-Environment-Standards-for-Discharge-of-Effluent-into-Water-or-Land-Regulations-2020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-11\">National Environment (Standards for Discharge of Effluent into Water or Land) Regulations 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/National-Environment-Strategic-Environmental-Assessment-Regulations-S.I.-No.-50-of-2020.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-12\">National Environment (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations S.I. No. 50 of 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Petroleum-Waste-Management-Regulations-S.I.-No.-3-of-2019.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-13\">Petroleum (Waste Management) Regulations S.I. No. 3 of 2019<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/STRATEGIC_ENVIRONMENTAL_ASSESSMENT_SEA__guidelines_2020_final_0.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-14\">Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) guidelines 2020<br>\n          <\/a>\n          <br>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-National-Environment-Air-Quality-Standards-Regulations-S.I.-No.-22-of-2024-1.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-15\">The National Environment (Air Quality Standards) Regulations S.I. No. 22 of 2024<br>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n        <div class=\"u-expanded-width-xs u-widget u-widget-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"widget widget_recent_entries\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Latest News<\/h2>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-leads-uganda-in-air-quality-awareness-month-as-country-joins-global-clean-air-campaign\/\">Nema Leads Uganda in Air Quality Awareness Month as Country Joins Global Clean Air Campaign<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">May 4, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-flowers-exporters-association-meets-nema\/\">Uganda Flowers Exporters Association Meets NEMA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">April 30, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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